Background
CORK, Philip Clark was born in 1854. Son of Reverend J. Cork, late Rector of St. Anne’s, Jamaica. Ni. 1880, Mary Druce, daughter of A. Woodburn Heron.
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Philip Clark CORK
Philip Clark CORK, British Colonial Secretary.
Education
Privately. Clerk, Immigration Department, Jamaica, 1875. Inspector of Immigrants, 1877. Protector of Immigrants, Grenada, 1881.
Jamaica, 1SS4; Commissioner under Kingston Improvement Laws, 1894.
Career
Member of Legislative Council, 1896. Assistant Colonial Secretary, 1897. Colonial Secretary, British Honduras, 1901-1905.
And Acting Governor, 1903-1904 and 1905. Administrator of St. Lucia, 1905-1908. Acting Governor, Windward Islands, 1906 and 1908. Colonial Secretary, Jamaica, 1909; acting as Governor of Jamaica, June 1909.
Connections
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- J. Cork
